About Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer of the Navarrette Nation newsletter at Substack, regular contributor to Spectrum News 1 in Los Angeles, contributor to The Daily Beast (on the left) and Newsmax Magazine (on the right), feature writer for Latino Magazine, member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors, host of the podcast “Ruben In The Center,” regular contributor of video commentary to Omaha-based Straight Arrow News, author of “A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano” (Bantam), founder & CEO of “The Navarrette Sonic Podcast Network,” and communications coach specializing in personal brand development and the creation of media projects for individuals, companies and nonprofit organizations.

Trump's Holy War With the Holy Father May Be Tempting The Gods Apr 14, 2026

SAN DIEGO — And that, my fellow Americans, is why we can't have nice things. Because there is always going to be some vandal who tries to desecrate them. I keep thinking that a lot of what drives the friction between Pope Leo XIV and President ... Read More

The Ceasefire With Iran Is Just Another Mirage in the Desert Apr 09, 2026

SAN DIEGO — I don't remember seeing anything this wild on NBC's "The Apprentice." The religious tyrants who lead Iran must have read President Donald Trump's 1987 bestselling book, "The Art of the Deal." The book spells out Trump's favorite tr... Read More

An Easter Week Revelation: God Is Perfect, Man, Not So Much Apr 07, 2026

SAN DIEGO — I'm good with God. It's His most imperfect creation — i.e., man — that I have problems with. This Easter Week, I'm sorting it out. I'm trying to get comfortable with my faith despite being uncomfortable with organized re... Read More

With Trump and Iran, What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate Apr 02, 2026

SAN DIEGO — What in the world was that? Such was my confused reaction to President Donald Trump's recent and bizarre primetime address to the nation regarding the conflict with Iran. Naturally, confusion is par for the course whenever Trump t... Read More

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